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[CITE: 49USC15701]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                        PART C--PIPELINE CARRIERS
 
                   CHAPTER 157--OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER A--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
 
Sec. 15701. Providing transportation and service

    (a) Service on Reasonable Request.--A pipeline carrier providing 
transportation or service under this part shall provide the 
transportation or service on reasonable request.
    (b) Rates and Other Terms.--A pipeline carrier shall also provide to 
any person, on request, the carrier's rates and other service terms. The 
response by a pipeline carrier to a request for the carrier's rates and 
other service terms shall be--
        (1) in writing and forwarded to the requesting person promptly 
    after receipt of the request; or
        (2) promptly made available in electronic form.

    (c) Limitation on Rate Increases and Changes to Service Terms.--A 
pipeline carrier may not increase any common carrier rates or change any 
common carrier service terms unless 20 days have expired after written 
or electronic notice is provided to any person who, within the previous 
12 months--
        (1) has requested such rates or terms under subsection (b); or
        (2) has made arrangements with the carrier for a shipment that 
    would be subject to such increased rates or changed terms.

    (d) Provision of Service.--A pipeline carrier shall provide 
transportation or service in accordance with the rates and service 
terms, and any changes thereto, as published or otherwise made available 
under subsection (b) or (c).
    (e) Regulations.--The Board shall, by regulation, establish rules to 
implement this section. The regulations shall provide for immediate 
disclosure and dissemination of rates and service terms, including 
classifications, rules, and practices, and their effective dates. The 
regulations may modify the 20-day period specified in subsection (c). 
Final regulations shall be adopted by the Board not later than 180 days 
after January 1, 1996.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
925; amended Pub. L. 104-287, Sec. 5(44), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3393.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11101 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-287 substituted ``January 1, 1996'' 
for ``the effective date of this section''.


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. 
L. 104-88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under 
section 701 of this title.
